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9,259.09
Union Superintendency
5,007.45
Meals Tax for Old Age Assistance
1,398.91
18,286.05
From the County Government:
Dog Licenses
863.54
PRIVILEGES:
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
41,100.30
Trailer Park Fees
1,838.60
42,938.90
GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
Treasurer
49.59
Collector
8.00
Town Clerk
38.25
95.84
128
TOWN HALL AND OFFICES: Rent and Miscellaneous
678.11
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY: Sealing of Weights and Measures
51.90
HEALTH:
Tuberculosis, including subsidies from State
430.72
HIGHWAYS:
State & County Chapter 90 Construction
10,652.13
Machine Fund
619.50
Miscellaneous
13.27
11,284.90
CHARITIES:
Public Welfare:
Reimbursements:
Cities and Towns
1,295.60
State
382.62
Aid to Dependent Children:
Reimbursements:
State
1,437.65
Old Age Assistance:
Reimbursements:
Cities and Towns State
21,537.95
Disability Assistance:
Reimbursements:
State
666.64
26,673.29
VETERANS' SERVICES:
Reimbursements:
State
6,758.75
SCHOOLS:
Tuition
600.41
Rental School Facilities
226.44
School Athletics
1,443.62
School Hot Lunches
33,235.78
State Aid-School Construction
134,239.60
169,745.85
LIBRARY:
Fines
84.20
Miscellaneous
10.00
94.20
UNCLASSIFIED:
Discharge of School Construction Bond
1,950.63
Insurance-Hurricane
728.60
Miscellaneous
34.59
2,713.82
1,352.83
129
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE: Sale of Water and Services
42,528.32
INTEREST:
Real Estate, Personal and Poll Taxes
973.11
AGENCY, TRUSTS AND INVESTMENTS:
Agency:
Dog Licenses
1,277.40
Trusts:
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
219.00
Other Public Funds
12,988.25
Income for Accumulating Funds
219.15
Other Funds and Accounts:
Federal Withholding Taxes
26,972.76
Retirement Fund Deductions
3,760.32
Unclaimed Checks
160.31
45,597.19
REFUNDS:
Miscellaneous
1,478.61
TOTAL RECEIPTS
$822,015.10
DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNTS PAYMENTS MODERATOR
Appropriated and Expended
$ 25.00
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Appropriated
100.00
Expenses:
Printing & Advertising
$ 14.36
Clerk Hire
2.00
Association Dues & Meetings
10.00
26.36
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
73.64
RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTORY
Appropriated and Expended
3,322.00
SELECTMEN
Appropriated
Salaries
1,500.00
Expenses:
Clerk Hire
91.50
Printing & Advertising
163.40
Postage & Stationery
37.26
130
Travel
150.00
Office Supplies
28.50
Association Dues & Meetings
49.50
Miscellaneous
15.00
2,535.16
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
204.84
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Appropriated
Salary
1,250.00
Expenses:
Clerk Hire
344.00
Printing, Postage & Stationery
52.57
Office Supplies
60.12
Equipment
111.80
Association Dues & Meetings
43.00
Miscellaneous
25.00
1,886.49
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
59.51
Appropriated
2,725.00
Salary
1,600.00
Expenses:
Clerk Hire
178.00
Stationery & Postage
229.22
Office Supplies
55.52
Surety Bond
207.50
Travel
125.00
Association Dues & Meetings
2.00
2,397.24
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
327.76
COLLECTOR
Appropriated
3,595.00
Salary
2,400.00
Expenses:
Clerk Hire
223.00
Printing & Advertising
176.92
Stationery & Postage
258.43
Office Supplies
76.85
Tax Title Expense
67.52
Notary Fees
34.25
Surety Bond
233.25
Travel
75.00
Association Dues
2.00
3,547.22
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
47.78
TREASURER
131
ASSESSORS
Appropriated
4,460.00
Salaries
3,000.00
Expenses:
Clerk Hire
542.50
Printing, Advertising & Office Supplies
152.26
Postage & Stationery
3.38
Transfers
98.31
Equipment
137.65
Travel
337.00
Association Dues & Meetings
11.50
4,282.60
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
177.40
TOWN CLERK
Appropriated
1,382.00
Salary
1,100.00
Expenses:
Printing & Advertising
10.76
Postage & Stationery
34.56
Office Supplies
46.38
Surety Bond
7.50
Equipment
121.55
Travel
35.00
Association Dues & Meetings
26.25
1,382.00
ELECTION & REGISTRATION
Appropriated
1,810.00
Expenses:
Counters, Checkers & Observers
508.80
Printing & Advertising
336.47
Postage & Stationery
24.83
Registrars
159.00
Street Lists
128.00
Annual Lists
125.75
Equipment
470.50
Miscellaneous
34.41
1,787.76
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
22.24
STATE CENSUS Appropriated and Unexpended carried to 1955 600.00
132
PRESERVING OLD RECORDS
Appropriated 150.00
Expenses:
Equipment
140.93
Binding
9.07
150.00
OTHER FINANCIAL OFFICES & ACCOUNTS
Appropriated and Unexpended reverting to Revenue
25.00
LAW
Appropriated and Expended
200.00
TOWN COUNSEL
Appropriated and Expended
500.00
TOWN HALL & OFFICES
Appropriated
5,134.41
Expenses:
Janitor
2,236.00
Janitor's Supplies
80.98
Water
26.04
Repairs
229.87
Telephone
395.66
Fuel
1,778.50
Electricity
387.36
5,134.41
ALTERATIONS TO TOWN HALL HEATING SYSTEM
Appropriated and Unexpended carried to 1955
2,800.00
POLICE
Appropriated
14,128.78
Expenses:
Chief
4,250.00
Patrolmen
6,564.25
Special Police
163.00
School Traffic Police
72.00
Office Supplies
167.77
Radio Maintenance
124.85
Equipment-Patrolmen
270.99
Equipment-Office
90.25
Repairs and Police Supplies
389.44
Insurance
222.56
Telephone
358.95
133
Fuel, Gas & Tires
1,109.87
Out of State Travel
54.60
Care of Telephone
156.00
Association Dues & Meetings
104.25
Miscellaneous
30.00
14,128.78
NEW POLICE CAR
Appropriated and Expended
600.00
DOG OFFICER
Appropriated
275.00
Expenses:
Dog Officer
270.40
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
4.60
FIRE
Appropriated
7,794.94
Expenses:
Chief
480.00
Firemen
2,917.00
Call Station
480.00
Postage & Stationery
51.41
Equipment-Office
59.95
Fire Station & Bell System
111.17
Hose & Fittings
979.27
Equipment & Repairs
657.66
Insurance
1,185.87
Out of State Travel
63.00
Telephone
356.57
Gas & Oil
231.99
Electricity
135.05
Association Dues & Meetings
86.00
7,794.94
FIRE & POLICE STATION COMMITTEE Appropriated and Expended
600.00
FIRE & POLICE STATION
Appropriated
62,000.00
Expenses
55,429.63
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
6,570.37
134
FIRE & POLICE STATION FURNITURE & EQUIPMENT
Transferred from the following accounts:
Tree Warden Expense
124.45
Water Air Compressor
200.00
Interest
300.00
Street Lighting
725.55
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
1,350.00
HYDRANTS
Appropriated and Expended
4,170.00
ZONING COMMITTEE
Unexpended Balance carried to 1954
94.10
Appropriated
200.00
Total
294.10
Expenses:
Printing & Postage
60.85
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
233.25
PLANNING BOARD
Appropriated
300.00
Expenses:
Printing & Postage
53.70
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
246.30
TREE WARDEN
Appropriated
6,232.00
Salary
1,141.95
Expenses:
Labor
2,147.10
Postage & Stationery
33.33
Tools & Supplies
152.28
Equipment Repairs
230.73
Tree Replacement & Fertilizer
279.92
Poison Ivy & Brush Killer
399.65
Insurance
55.02
Fuel, Gas & Oil
197.14
Association Dues
3.00
Total 4,640.12
135
Transferred to Fire & Police Station Furniture and Equipment
124.45
4,764.57
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
1,467.43
MOTH SUPPRESSION
Appropriated
2,245.00
Expenses:
Superintendent
580.00
Labor
874.20
Insecticides
341.89
Tools & Supplies
146.63
Equipment Repairs
58.44
Fuel, Gas & Oil
90.13
Insurance
62.37
2,153.66
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
91.34
TOWN ELMS
Appropriated
2,245.00
Expenses:
Superintendent
504.60
Labor
832.00
Tools & Supplies
85.77
Fertilizer & Lime
184.28
Insecticides
219.00
Equipment Repairs
64.65
Fuel, Gas & Oil
48.57
1,938.87
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
306.13
AERIAL SPRAYING
Appropriated and Expended
2,000.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES
Appropriated
215.00
Expenses:
Inspector
180.47
Supplies
26.85
Travel
7.68
215.00
HEALTH & SANITATION
Appropriated
2,991.30
Expenses:
Printing & Advertising
12.33
136
T. B. Hospital
1,294.50
Care of Town Dump
1,175.00
Vital Statistics
179.00
Medical Attendance
297.50
Travel
20.00
Miscellaneous
12.97
2,991.30
INSPECTION OF ANIMALS
Appropriated and Expended
383.50
INSPECTION OF SLAUGHTERING
Appropriated and Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
100.00
INSPECTION OF WIRES
Appropriated
650.00
Expenses:
Inspector
398.25
Supplies
21.80
Travel
118.50
538.55
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
111.45
INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS
Appropriated
300.00
Expenses:
Inspector
191.00
Supplies
10.00
Travel
67.00
268.00
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
32.00
PURCHASE OF LAND-S. ELM STREET
Unexpended Balance carried to 1954 reverting to Revenue
100.00
VISITING NURSE
Appropriated and Expended
800.00
DIPHTHERIA CLINIC
Appropriated and Expended
100.00
WELL CHILD CONFERENCE
Appropriated
200.00
Expended
100.00
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
100.00
137
DENTAL CLINIC
Appropriated
700.00
Expended
245.00
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
455.00
HIGHWAY
Appropriated
27,935.00
Expenses:
Superintendent
2,857.40
Labor
9,099.50
Broken Stone, Gravel, Etc.
3,040.89
Basins
108.48
Drain Pipe
627.45
Equipment Hire
3,143.00
Bridges
90.62
Black Patch, Tarvia, Etc.
7,857.75
Tools & Supplies
758.13
Street Signs
176.76
Electricity
16.71
Insurance
158.31
27,935.00
CHAPTER 90 NEW CONSTRUCTION
Appropriated
14,000.00
Expended
13,789.00
Balance
211.00
Unencumbered Balance reverting to Revenue
14.32
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
196.68
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
Appropriated and Expended
3,000.00
HIGHWAY MACHINE ACCOUNT
Appropriated and Expended
2,917.49
HIGHWAY MACHINE FUND
Unexpended Balance carried to 1954
2,632.92
Hire of Highway Trucks for Snow Removal
619.50
Transferred to Sand Spreading Machine Account
3,252.42
1,225.00
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
2,027.42
138
HIGHWAY SAND SPREADING MACHINE
Appropriated and Expended
1,237.74
SNOW REMOVAL
Appropriated
5,596.92
Expenses:
Superintendent
243.95
Labor
1,943.10
Salt, Sand, Etc.
484.17
Tools & Supplies
116.64
Equipment Hire
2,169.50
Equipment Repairs
157.56
Plowing Route 106
247.00
Equipment
235.00
5,596.92
STREET LIGHTS
Appropriated
7,763.00
Expenses
7,037.45
Unexpended Balance Transferred to Fire & Police Station
Furniture & Equipment
725.55
LAND DAMAGES
1954 Balance carried to 1955
572.35
PUBLIC WELFARE Administration
Appropriated
922.00
Salaries
252.00
Expenses:
Welfare Agent
310.08
Jr. Typist Clerk
222.96
Printing, Postage & Stationery
9.59
Office Supplies
2.52
Telephone
40.25
Travel
15.00
Miscellaneous
29.85
882.25
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
39.75
Aid
Appropriated
6,963.60
Refunds
127.42
Total
7,091.02
139
Expenses:
Cash
3,395.20
Groceries
399.50
Clothing
22.01
Funeral
182.00
Medical
847.71
Fuel
106.50
State Institutions
1,062.08
Other Cities & Towns
596.02
Children Boarded Out
480.00
7,091.02
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Administration
Appropriated
1,600.00
Expenses:
Welfare Agent
800.00
Jr. Typist Clerk
573.00
Telephone
46.22
Miscellaneous
142.07
1,561.29
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
38.71
Aid
Appropriated
26,000.00
Refunds
631.42
Total
26,631.42
Expenses:
Cash
25,350.30
Other Cities & Towns
1,281.12
26,631.42
Federal Administration
1953 Balance
1,690.25
1954 Reimbursements
2,016.46
Total
3,706.71
Expenses:
Welfare Agent
1,369.92
Jr. Typist Clerk
1,107.04
Postage, Stationery & Office Supplies
88.78
Travel
100.00
140
Telephone Miscellaneous
103.85
107.51
2,877.10
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
829.61
Federal Aid
1953 Balance
12,259.05
1954 Reimbursements
24,151.70
Total
36,410.75
Expenses:
Cash
27,405.06
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
9,005.69
DEPENDENT CHILDREN Administration
Appropriated
175.00
Expenses:
Jr. Typist Clerk
100.00
Telephone
30.00
Office Supplies
20.00
Travel
25.00
175.00
Aid
Appropriated
2,000.00
Refunds
2.45
Total
2,002.45
Expenses:
Cash
2,002.45
Federal Administration
1953 Balance
436.60
1954 Reimbursements
603.25
Total
1,039.85
Expenses:
Welfare Agent
230.00
Jr. Typist Clerk
26.92
256.92
782.93
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
141
Federal Aid
1953 Balance
4,138.16
1954 Reimbursements
1,758.65
Total
5,896.81
Expenses:
Cash
691.65
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
5,205.16
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Appropriated
360.00
Expenses:
Welfare Agent
170.00
Jr. Typist Clerk
180.00
Travel
10.00
360.00
Aid
Appropriated
3,000.00
Refunds
415.15
Total
3,415.15
Expenses:
Cash
3,112.44
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
302.71
Federal Administration
1953 Balance
60.43
1954 Reimbursements
182.85
Total
243.28
Expenses:
Office Supplies
79.50
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
163.78
Federal Aid
1953 Balance
2,755.59
1954 Reimbursements
2,011.34
Total
4,766.93
142
Expenses: Cash
894.69
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
3,872.24
VETERANS' SERVICES
Appropriated
17,140.00
Salary-Agent
310.00
Expenses:
Clerk Hire
27.50
Groceries & Cash
11,358.39
Office Supplies
61.31
Medical
5,205.14
Equipment
32.00
Telephone
25.00
Association Dues
10.00
17,029.34
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
110.66
SCHOOLS Administration
Appropriated
7,950.00
Transferred from Maintenance
150.00
Total
8,100.00
Expenses:
Salaries
6,047.32
Telephone
817.98
Census
75.00
Office Expense
295.33
Travel
483.28
Miscellaneous
356.09
8,075.00
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
25.00
Instruction
Appropriated
153,511.29
Transferred from Maintenance
250.00
Total
153,761.29
Expenses:
Salaries
143,134.34
Textbooks
4,355.04
Supplies
6,271.91
153,761.29
143
Operation
Appropriated
29,150.00
Expenses:
Janitors' Salaries
15,847.75
Fuel
4,117.55
Lights
4,435.35
Water
466.30
Gas
190.57
Supplies
4,092.48
29,150.00
Maintenance
Appropriated
4,361.00
Transferred to Administration
150.00
Transferred to Instruction
250.00
400.00
Balance
3,961.00
Expenses
2,846.48
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
1,114.52
Auxiliary Agencies
Appropriated
23,390.00
Expenses:
Health Salaries
2,370.00
Health Supplies
6.87
Transportation
16,751.80
Tuition
2,143.16
Insurance
206.49
Miscellaneous
107.97
21,586.29
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
1,803.71
Capital Outlay
Appropriated
4,070.00
Expended
4,062.64
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
7.36
SMITH-HUGHES-GEORGE BARDEN ACT
1954 Receipt carried to 1955 10.00
144
SCHOOL HOT LUNCH
1953 Balance
2,475.35
1954 Reimbursements & Receipts
33,235.78
Total
35,711.13
Expended
29,684.75
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
6,026.38
SCHOOL ATHLETICS
1953 Balance
10.94
1954 Receipts
1,443.62
Appropriated
2,500.00
Total
3,954.56
Expended
3,065.49
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
889.07
WILLIAM J. & ANNA C. HOWARD SCHOLARSHIP FUND Expended
62.50
SCHOOL BONDS & INTEREST
Appropriated and Expended
87,232.50
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
Appropriated
3,100.00
Expended
2,807.25
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
292.75
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
Appropriated
62,000.00
Expended
13,756.48
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
48,243.52
HIGH SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
Unexpended Balance carried to 1954
2,840.84
Appropriated
1,950.63
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
4,791.47
145
Loans Authorized
400,000.00
Loans Authorized and Unissued
400,000.00
Post War Rehabilitation Fund Bonds in Bank for Conversion 50,000.00
SCHOOL ANNUITY REFUND
Refund
50.67
Expended
50.67
WILLIAM J. & ANNA C. HOWARD SCHOLARSHIP FUND-PRINCIPAL
Gift to be transferred to Capital
146.10
WILLIAM J. & ANNA C. HOWARD LIBRARY FUND-PRINCIPAL
Gift to be transferred to Capital
73.05
CLOSING JERUSALEM & MATFIELD SCHOOLS
1953 Balance carried to 1954
200.00
1954 Transfers from Reserve
376.26
Total
576.26
Expended
508.34
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
67.92
LIBRARY
Appropriated
3,255.00
Expenses:
Librarian
927.75
Assistants
784.63
Postage, Stationery & Office Supplies
103.20
Janitor
225.00
Books
797.37
Equipment & Maintenance
137.77
Fuel
110.65
Water
12.00
Association Dues & Meetings
15.67
3,114.04
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
140.96
146
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS-INTEREST
Earned and Expended
1,488.25
STABILIZATION FUND
Earned and Expended
125.00
REHABILITATION FUND
Earned and Expended
1,375.00
MONUMENTS, PARKS & FLAGS
Appropriated
2,510.00
Expenses:
Labor
1,966.00
Park Expense
338.06
Memorial Field
119.75
Flags
20.00
2,443.81
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
66.19
MEMORIAL & ARMISTICE DAY OBSERVANCE
Appropriated
500.00
Expended
456.13
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
43.87
CIVILIAN DEFENSE
1953 Unexpended Balance carried to 1954
372.23
Expended
3.00
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
369.23
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
Appropriated and Expended
100.00
PLYMOUTH COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE
Appropriated and Expended
100.00
PRINTING & DISTRIBUTING TOWN REPORTS
Appropriated and Expended 1,431.05
147
INSURANCE
Appropriated
5,742.00
Expended
5,341.51
Unexpended Balance reverting to Revenue
400.49
GENERAL IMPROVEMENT OF TOWN FIELD
1953 Balance carried to 1955
1,785.83
EMERGENCY-HURRICANE
Expended
16,847.10
Reimbursements-Insurance
728.60
Balance carried to 1955
16,118.50
WATER
Appropriated
22,560.00
Salaries-Commissioners
888.00
Expenses:
Superintendent
3,800.00
Labor
6,393.80
Clerk Hire
436.00
Call Station
480.00
Printing, Advertising, Stationery & Supplies
369.01
Tools, Supplies & Equipment
270.97
Water
1,183.69
Pipe, Fittings & Meters
3,196.69
Truck Maintenance
54.76
Insurance
72.67
Telephone
146.16
Gas & Oil
353.66
Heating Oil
109.65
Electricity
3,536.68
Equipment Hire
443.01
Liens, Deeds & Publications
46.95
Maintenance
130.86
21,912.56
Unexpended Balance reverting to Water Surplus
647.44
NEW WELLS
Unexpended Balance carried to 1954
2,188.17
Expended
2,188.17
148
SOUTH & CROSS STREETS PROJECT
Appropriated 6,200.00
Expended
5,985.48
Unexpended Balance carried to 1955
214.52
RELOCATION OF WATER MAINS-EXPRESSWAY
Appropriated and Expended 3,200.00
WATER BONDS & INTEREST
Appropriated and Expended
19,345.00
AIR COMPRESSOR
Appropriated
2,000.00
Expended
1,800.00
Unexpended Balance transferred to Fire & Police Station Furniture and Equipment 200.00
NEW WATER CONSTRUCTION
1953 Balance carried to 1954 218.63
Transferred to Harold S. Lyon Water Claim
218.63
RIGHT OF WAY-PUMPING STATION
1953 Balance carried to 1955 150.00
CARE OF CEMETERIES
Appropriated and Expended
541.98
INTEREST
Appropriated
300.00
Transferred to Fire & Police Station Furniture & Equipment 300.00
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Earned and Expended
219.00
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MISCELLANEOUS
Retirement Deductions
4,148.53
Federal Withholding Taxes
26,584.55
Plymouth County Hospital Assessment
6,735.65
Plymouth County Tax Assessment
14,655.52
State Parks & Reservations
799.90
785.65
Auditing Municipal Accounts Dog Licenses
1,277.40
Refunds
4,121.65
TOTAL PAYMENTS
$780,640.99
RECORD OF TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND
Town Hall & Offices
34.41
Police
924.78
Fire
69.94
Health
156.30
Well Child Conference
100.00
Inspector of Animals
108.50
Machine Account
617.49
Snow Removal
796.92
Sand Spreading Machine
12.74
Public Welfare Aid
563.60
School-Instruction
61.29
School Bonds & Interest
.20
Cochesset & Matfield School
376.26
Care of Cemeteries
41.98
TOTAL
$3,864.41
PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS
Name of Fund
12-31-54 Balance CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Name of Fund
12-31-54 Balance
Evard-Alger
$ 204.46
Samuel Howard
$ 101.00
Alfred E. Alger
202.67
Harriet M. Jennings
100.51
Nathan Alger
101.62
Abbie B. Jones
100.74
Sanford Alger
50.62
Frank H. Jones
160.88
William Burke
152.56
Smith R. Kelly
503.46
M. A. Clapp
404.50
Sumner D. Keith
121.46
Davis Copeland
204.38
Warren C. Kinney
204.53
Mrs. Henry Copeland
101.22
Henry J. LeLacheur
102.28
Lyman & Pardon Copeland
673.21
Elihu Leonard
311.45
Samuel G. Copeland
204.07
Axel Lothrop
160.88
Samuel G. & James Copeland
1,126.90
Joshua Morse
122.50
Martha K. Crosby
102.56
Emma F. Packard
305.76
Mary A. Dewyer
100.37
Fred A. Perkins
100.90
Michael Dewyer
100.74
Rosa R. Shaw
357.49
John E. & Desire L. Gould
100.36
Sarah F. Shipman
101.18
The Hartwell Fund
302.32
Orrin A. Smith
154.13
Etta L. Hartwell
349.86
South St. Cemetery
113.65
Frank P. Hatch
161.41
Flora Snell
100.51
Julia M. Hooper
184.43
Robert Tibbetts
101.06
Alba Howard
100.55
Charles C. Thayer
244.24
Isabelle Howard
101.54
Mary E. Wilson
202.04
S. Nelson Howard
101.02
Sub-Total
$ 5,131.37
Total
$ 8,902.02
150
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Name of Fund
12-31-54 Balance
Name of Fund
12-31-54 Balance
Cornelia Alger
$ 675.00
Francis E. Howard
$ 500.00
Edith Dunbar Blanchard
10,000.00
W. J. Howard & Anna C. Howard
28.01
Nathan Copeland
500.00
W. J. Howard & Anna C. Howard
2,500.00
Eliza P. Dalton & M. O. Dalton
250.00
Mary L. Perkins
1,000.00
Mary N. K. Edgerly
500.00
Mary P. Whitman
15,000.00
Sub-Total
$ 11,925.00
Total
$ 30,953.01
Interest Account No. 1
$ 701.73
Interest Account No. 2
188.50
Interest Account No. 3
185.59
Total
$ 1,075.82
151
SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND
W. J. & Anna C. Howard
$ 5,074.70
RECAPITULATION
Name of Fund
Balance 1-1-54
Income Earned
Income Paid Out
Balance 12-31-54
Cemetery Trust Funds
$ 8,866.50
$ 254.52
$ 219.00
$ 8,902.02
Library Trust Funds-Principal
30,975.15
.78
22.92
30,953.01
Library Trust Funds-Interest
840.41
875.62
640.21
1,075.82
Scholarship Trust Fund
5,072.61
2.09
5,074.70
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
63,540.31
1,635.60
60,000.00
5,175.91
Stabilization Fund
5,733.09
148.33
5,881.42
Totals
$115,028.07
$ 2,916.94
$ 60,882.13
$ 57,062.88
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE YEAR 1955
ER
MASS.
1656
1822. +
PULPIT ROCK
ORPORATED
FEB. 16.
DORR'S PRINT SHOP BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS
154
WEST BRIDGEWATER TAX DOLLAR ~ 1955 ~
.8
6.9
7.5
.5
HEALTH
4.3
9.1
RECREATION
CHARITIES
PROTECTION OF
GENERAL
GOVERNMENT
HIGHWAYS
VETERAN SERVICES
3.2 .1.8
15.6
SCHOOL BONDS È INTEREST
$
UNCLASSIFIED
EDUCATION
42.4
7.9
SPECIAL ARTICLES
PERSONS & PROPERTY
155
FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
During the past year the Finance Committee has held 10 regular meetings and six special meetings.
We have constantly strived to justify our existence as an ef- fective finance committee, by regularly reviewing operations of all departments and endeavoring to make our tax dollar work more effectively.
In those instances where we have disagreed with the adminis- tration of departments, conferences with these departments have resolved any differences.
It is our recommendation that at the annual town meeting, the various departmental budgets be voted in three sections, that is, Salary, Expenses, and Equipment. This will better enable departmental expenditures to comply with the decision of the voters. This method of voting budgets is recommended by the Association of Town Finance Committees, of which your commit- tee is a member.
As required by Chapter 70 of the General Laws the following report is submitted:
Total School Appropriation recommended by the Finance Committee $245,263.00
Deducted: Estimated School Aid and Reim-
bursement 70,500.00
Estimated amounts to be raised from local taxation 174,763.00
If our recommendations are followed, relative to the Budget and Special Articles, the tax rate for 1955 should be $57.00.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM E. TURNER, Chairman JULIAN E. LUCINI HERBERT WOODWARD MALCOLM HASKINS DONALD P. SMITH
E. HOLGER OHMAN GEORGE V. HOLLERTZ, JR., Secretary
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL MEETING March 14, 1955
Article 1. To choose Town Officers for the ensuing year not elected on the Official Ballot.
Article 2. To hear the reports of all Town Officers and Com- mittees and act thereon.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1955, and to issue a note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Sec- tion 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint one of their members to the office of Agent for Veterans' Services.
Article 5. To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray the Town charges for the ensuing year, and to make appropriations for the same.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate, or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Maintenance, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 6. Recommended.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 New Construction, or take any action re- lative thereto.
Article 7. Recommended.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $100.00 for the use of Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture (Plymouth County Extension Ser- vice) and choose a Town Director as provided in Sections 41 and 42 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws, and act thereon.
Article 8. Recommended.
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Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money for the purchase of a new Cruiser for the Police Department.
Article 9. Recommended.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and approp- riate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Contributory Retirement.
Article 10. Recommended.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and approp- riate the sum of $3500.00 for physical training, athletics, sports, and equipment, etc.
Article 11. Recommended.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and approp- riate a sum of money for a Dental Clinic.
Article 12. Recommended.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and approp- riate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, the sum of $91,447.00 to pay Bonds and Interest on the School Construction Loan.
Article 13. Recommended.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and approp- riate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, the sum to be used for the payment of Water Bonds and Interest.
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